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    Emulation Station isn't starting anymore :-(

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    • rbakerR
      rbaker @Water White
      last edited by

      @Water-White Are you sure it is not "libpthread"?

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      • W
        Water White
        last edited by

        yes... I'm logged in in retropie right now via terminal and ssh. When I run the command "emulationstation" I get exactly this message, which I copied with cmd+c cmd+v here:

        /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation: error while loading shared libraries: libpthreaf.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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        • rbakerR
          rbaker @Water White
          last edited by

          @Water-White My advice is to rebuild your image.

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          • W
            Water White
            last edited by

            Ok, does that mean, that I am loosing all my configurations, save games, custom boarders etc which I were building during the last months? or is there a way, to keep those?

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            • edmaul69E
              edmaul69 @Water White
              last edited by edmaul69

              @Water-White you should be able to ssh into it with a program like putty or if you can press f4 and get to the command line and in the command line type:

              sudo /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh
              

              Then in there you can reinstall emulationstation

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              • W
                Water White
                last edited by

                Yeah, you mean doing another "Basic Install"? I did this but the problem is still the same :-(

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                • W
                  Water White
                  last edited by

                  So I guess I have to format my sd card and do a completly new install?

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                  • BuZzB
                    BuZz administrators @Water White
                    last edited by

                    You are missing an important library - probably sdcard corruption or bad sdcard - although you could try reinstalling these libs, other stuff could be affected - reimage is the best bet. I have never had this happen on a good sdcard - so you might want to look into getting another.

                    To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                    • W
                      Water White
                      last edited by

                      I'm using an 32 gb intenso sd card. Would you call it a good one? @BuZz ?

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                      • BuZzB
                        BuZz administrators @Water White
                        last edited by

                        @Water-White no idea, but I've never heard of the brand.

                        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                        • W
                          Water White
                          last edited by

                          @BuZz : You are right, the the sd card seems to be corrupted. I tried to format it and I got error meassages. So topic is done, thanks for your help :-)

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